doc: advise patching third party dependencies

Added a note to the getting started guides about patching third
party libraries/dependencies to avoid any known vulnerabilities.

Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
index 633699e..a895d61 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ those below would be added to the file ``/boot/loader.conf``.
     hw.nic_uio.bdfs="2:0:0,2:0:1"
     nic_uio_load="YES"
 
+.. note::
+
+   Please ensure that the latest patches are applied to third party libraries
+   and software to avoid any known vulnerabilities.
+
+
 Compiling and Running the Example Applications
 ----------------------------------------------
 

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index 10b01e3..d235905 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
 
 *   Python, version 2.7+ or 3.2+, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package.
 
+.. note::
+
+   Please ensure that the latest patches are applied to third party libraries
+   and software to avoid any known vulnerabilities.
+
 
 **Optional Tools:**